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(First, if you want to contact me by email, pls send to
brotherdave@bigfoot.com -- never check yahoo.)
Greetings! Common problem. Tape stuck in the VCR.
Trying to avoid the $80 repair shop or $20 service manual (parts lists
and schematics only).
Symptoms:
Turn on the power -- motor spins then stops.
Hit eject - first time, "EJECT" appears on screen but no motor or
eject.
Every time after that, no "EJECT" on screen, no sound of motor
spinning.
Same using remote control or front panel.
Tried unplugging power cable... and back in. Same story.
This is one of the TV/VCR combos (Panasonic PVQ-2512 -- similiar to
PVQ-1312W, PVQ-2012. Bought Dec 2002 - now 5 months out of warranty.
Repair cost is $80 (minimum charge) at the local authorized station.
It's not worth that much to me since this is a 2-head and stand-alone
4-head VCR's are that price or lower.
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For others looking at a Panasonic TV/VCR combo unit, I'll give you
some feedback from my own use of this one -- Purchased Dec 2002 -- low
usage for past 17 months.
I almost returned this the first day because, after taking it out and
setting it up, I found out you can't watch one channel and record
another. Since this is one of the main reasons for buying a VCR, I
should've taken it back and gotten the TV only version. Wish they had
stated that on the box. "Marketing communications" at work. Decided to
keep it and get a 2nd VCR for copying tapes, etc.
About the TV, the CRT picture is great - no complaints there. Sound is
good and there are jacks on the front panel.
When you switch channels with the remote, there is a 1/4-second
black-out which is OK during the day, hard on the eyes in a dark room.
But (and this is a big butt) I have had it 17 months, little VCR use
and, besides the tape mechanism problem, when you start to record, the
tape rewinds about 3-minutes of tape, then starts, so, unless you let
the tape run an extra 3 minutes, you can chop off the last 3 minutes
of the previous program. The way I look at it, this is one of those
"it's a pain but you get used to" problems.
The remote control is not intuitive, like their other products. I have
never had trouble learning or using many other VCRs, including my last
Panasonic, but (another big butt) this one is not very user friendly.
The buttons are not logically grouped, etc. etc. If everything else
was OK, probably would just buy a universal remote.
What else.... Panasonic usually makes such great products -- I am
still amazed at the problems with this one. I notice this one was made
in Mexico - doubt that makes any difference on the design though. I
have a Samslung TV (1992) made in Mexico that takes a licking and
keeps on ticking.
brotherdave@bigfoot.com -- never check yahoo.)
Greetings! Common problem. Tape stuck in the VCR.
Trying to avoid the $80 repair shop or $20 service manual (parts lists
and schematics only).
Symptoms:
Turn on the power -- motor spins then stops.
Hit eject - first time, "EJECT" appears on screen but no motor or
eject.
Every time after that, no "EJECT" on screen, no sound of motor
spinning.
Same using remote control or front panel.
Tried unplugging power cable... and back in. Same story.
This is one of the TV/VCR combos (Panasonic PVQ-2512 -- similiar to
PVQ-1312W, PVQ-2012. Bought Dec 2002 - now 5 months out of warranty.
Repair cost is $80 (minimum charge) at the local authorized station.
It's not worth that much to me since this is a 2-head and stand-alone
4-head VCR's are that price or lower.
~~~~~~~~~~~
For others looking at a Panasonic TV/VCR combo unit, I'll give you
some feedback from my own use of this one -- Purchased Dec 2002 -- low
usage for past 17 months.
I almost returned this the first day because, after taking it out and
setting it up, I found out you can't watch one channel and record
another. Since this is one of the main reasons for buying a VCR, I
should've taken it back and gotten the TV only version. Wish they had
stated that on the box. "Marketing communications" at work. Decided to
keep it and get a 2nd VCR for copying tapes, etc.
About the TV, the CRT picture is great - no complaints there. Sound is
good and there are jacks on the front panel.
When you switch channels with the remote, there is a 1/4-second
black-out which is OK during the day, hard on the eyes in a dark room.
But (and this is a big butt) I have had it 17 months, little VCR use
and, besides the tape mechanism problem, when you start to record, the
tape rewinds about 3-minutes of tape, then starts, so, unless you let
the tape run an extra 3 minutes, you can chop off the last 3 minutes
of the previous program. The way I look at it, this is one of those
"it's a pain but you get used to" problems.
The remote control is not intuitive, like their other products. I have
never had trouble learning or using many other VCRs, including my last
Panasonic, but (another big butt) this one is not very user friendly.
The buttons are not logically grouped, etc. etc. If everything else
was OK, probably would just buy a universal remote.
What else.... Panasonic usually makes such great products -- I am
still amazed at the problems with this one. I notice this one was made
in Mexico - doubt that makes any difference on the design though. I
have a Samslung TV (1992) made in Mexico that takes a licking and
keeps on ticking.